17
as many as they want
The Lakers and Celtics:D
Four teams per division
8 teams in each of the 2 conferences make the playoffs. Each conference has 3 divisions. Only the division winners are assured playoff spots. The other 5 spots in each conference go to the remaining teams with the best records. The final faceoff is the eastern conference champion against the western conference champion
All conference teams are composed of all the best players at each posistion throughout the conference. Just like an all star team.
To make the nhl playoffs you have to be the top team in your division or in the top 5 teams in your conference besides the division champions. 8 teams are taken from each conference.
A maximum of 4 since there are eight divisions in the League and each team plays the other teams within their division twice and each team within a division of a Conference plays each team within a division of the other Conference.
The NBA teams are mainly divided by region. It is first divided in two; Eastern Conference and Western Conference.The two Conferences are the subdivided into Divisions.There are total of 6 Division, 3 in each Conference. Each Division consist of 5 teams.
A "wildcard" is a team that made the playoffs without winning their division. Playoffs are made up of the top 6 teams from each conference. There are 4 division winners and 2 wildcards from each conference. The wildcards are the 2 teams with the best win-loss records that did not win their division
By conference and divisions. AFC(Amrerican Football Conference) NFC(National Footbal Conference) Each conference has four divisions. North, South, East, and West. For most people to identify which conference's division they are talking about they say NFC north, AFC north, etc.
It's not a matter of which division, it all has to do with the standings. The 4 division winners in each conference are ranked 1 through 4, then two wild cards fill out 5 and 6. 1 and 2 get a bye (week off), 3 plays 6 and 4 plays 5. In any case, it is possible for teams in the same division to meet in the playoffs. To put it another way, all of the playoff games in each conference could be teams in the same division, or they could be different. Only the Superbowl guarantees the different conference matchup.
8 teams from each conference. The top teams from each division (makes up 6 teams) plus the next 5 best records of the according conference, so even if the 8th best team in the eastern conference has a better record then the 9th best team in the western conference the latter will not advance. In total there are 16 teams that advance.